South Korea struts its robotic stuff at Expo 2012 San Jose Mercury News By Sam Kim AP In this April 20, 2012 photo, a fish robot swims at the Marine Robot pavilion of the EXPO 2012 Yeosu Korea site in Yeosu, South Korea. More than 100 nations are expected to participate in the expo that will open from May 12 to Aug. |
 Wall Street Journal | Could We Trust Killer Robots? Wall Street Journal Not according to Ronald Arkin, the director of the Mobile Robot Lab at Georgia Tech. Since 2006, with support from the US Army Research Office, Dr. Arkin and his colleagues have been working to develop features for a new generation of smart weapons: ... |
 Technabob (blog) | Juggling Robot Does Tricks, Is Cooler Than Your Typical Clown PCWorld (blog) I don't know about you, but I'd much rather have this awesome Japanese robot doing the entertainment at parties than the typical human act. The folks over at Chinba University demonstrated how one of its hand-arm systems can juggle two balls at ... Worm-like robot climbs clothes with alacrity One-armed robot juggles two balls in a spectacular manner Tiny molesting robot amazingly not made by the Japanese |
 Mobiledia | Robots Controlled With Thoughts KTSM News Channel 9 A paralyzed Taunton woman is now using her thoughts to direct a robotic arm to bring a thermos to her lips. "I felt a great accomplishment was made and I was thrilled to be a part of it," Cathy Hutchinson said. "It's exciting for us. Paralyzed Patients Able to Move Robots With Their Minds Quadriplegic woman uses brain to drink coffee with help from robotic arm Paralyzed woman uses mind to move robot arm |
VEX Robotics Competition Is Saturday At SCTI Patch.com This is what a VEX Robotics competition looks like in Caldwell, New Jersey. Sarasota County Schools will have its first-ever VEX competition on Saturday. Before you can do the robot, you gotta build the robot. Student teams from middle and high schools ... |
Robots (and Their Student Creators) Compete in Big Tournament This Weekend Patch.com Schools from the Northeast bring their autonomous and remote-controlled robots to compete in shooting basketballs and balancing on Teeter-Totters. By Charlene Arsenault A student demonstrates a basketball shooting robot last year at a demonstration at ... |
Robotic Refueling Mission Results to be Presented at NASA Satellite-Servicing ... MarketWatch (press release) GREENBELT, Md., May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- NASA and the Canadian Space Agency will present results to date from the satellite-servicing Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) during the Second International Workshop, On-Orbit Satellite Servicing, ... |
Robots so 'Real' the mind reels: Cannes Daily Spotlight 2012: Swedish Cinema Chicago Tribune "Real Humans," is set in a parallel present, where humanoid robots live among people as their servants, not excluding the scenario's more prurient aspects. The first 10-part series, created by showrunner Lars Lundstrom, debuted to great acclaim and ... |
 Treehugger | Albany artist's passion for fire, robots to be on display at Maker Faire San Jose Mercury News By Joshua Melvin Life isn't going to just hand you a flame-throwing metal robot with a giant chainsaw-looking tool mounted on it -- you will have to make your own. Just ask artist, inventor and welder run amok Justin Gray, whose ferocious mechanical ... Maker Faire Expects 100K Really Cool Visitors Faire in Bay Area celebrates makers of whiz-bang technology Metal Sculptor Justin Gray |
 Free Malaysia Today | Robots controlled by brain Columbia Daily Tribune NEW YORK (AP) — Using only her thoughts, a Massachusetts woman paralyzed for 15 years directed a robotic arm to pick up a bottle of coffee and bring it to her lips, researchers report in the latest advance in harnessing brain waves to help disabled ... WATCH: Paralyzed Woman Controls Robot with Her Brain The Brain-Computer Interface That Let a Paralyzed Patient Drink a Cup of Coffee Robot arm moved by paralyzed woman's mind |